Developing a Service-Learning Project that Meets both the Needs of the Community Partner and the Student

"Developing a Service-Learning Project that Meets both the Needs of the Community Partner and the Student"

Clemson University Nursing Faculty member Jackie Gillespie will discuss the use of service-learning projects in Community Health Nursing and how these can be used as a tool to help the Nursing student apply classroom learning in " a real community arena". Nursing student Hilliary Baker will share how her nursing education was enhanced through a service learning project. In addition, a community partner, Dr Arlene Privette, PI Coordinator/Staff Educator of Oconee Medical Center Hospice of the Foothills, will discuss how agencies can share in the education of nursing students and also benefit from the service these students and their faculty members can provide.

Clemson University Collaborations in Service-Learning is sponsored by the Clemson Service Alliance. The Service Alliance promotes the use of community service and service-learning by Clemson faculty in classes with both undergraduate and graduate students in all major disciplinary areas. The Collaborations radio webcasts are an opportunity to hear from some of our Clemson Service Alliance Faculty Fellows, their students, and their community partners about service-learning projects around the state of S.C., and to learn about the impact of these service-learning projects on the community and on student learning outcomes. In 2011- 2012, we will be focusing on service –learning classes in five different disciplinary areas: Planning and Landscape Architecture, English, Languages, Teacher Education, and Nursing. Thank you for participating, and we hope that service-learning practitioners in both K-12 and higher education will find these workshops very helpful in the course development, implementation, and evaluation process. This program comes to you as a public service of Clemson University. There is no fee, and no registration is required. You may listen to the program and view the supplementary materials using only your computer. You will need to call in if you wish to speak on the live program.